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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 28, 20164 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2016, 7:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 10 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2016, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2016, 5:45 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 28, 8:22 PM EDT	FLOOD	2 N Spring Lake, NC	FLOODING ONGOING AT WAPITI DR. NEAR SPRING LAKE.
Sep 28, 8:22 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Spring Lake, NC	FLOODING ONGOING AT WAPITI DR. NEAR SPRING LAKE.
Sep 28, 9:30 PM EDT	FLOOD	3 Ssw Rockfish, NC	FLOODING REPORTED NEAR HOMES ON MCCLEAN LOOP RD AND ARABIA RD.
Sep 28, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ssw Rockfish, NC	FLOODING REPORTED NEAR HOMES ON MCCLEAN LOOP RD AND ARABIA RD.
Sep 28, 10:20 PM EDT	FLOOD	2 Se Fayetteville, NC	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLOODING AROUND FAYETTEVILLE, INCLUDING AT CROSS CREEK MALL, BARTONS LANDING, AND CLIFFDALE. MCCORMICK BRIDGE IMPASSABLE.
Sep 28, 10:20 PM EDT	FLOOD	3 Ne Godwin, NC	FLOODING REPORTED ON I-95 NEAR THE HARNETT CO LINE. .
Sep 28, 10:20 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Se Fayetteville, NC	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLOODING AROUND FAYETTEVILLE, INCLUDING AT CROSS CREEK MALL, BARTONS LANDING, AND CLIFFDALE. MCCORMICK BRIDGE IMPASSABLE.
Sep 28, 10:20 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ne Godwin, NC	FLOODING REPORTED ON I-95 NEAR THE HARNETT CO LINE. .
Sep 29, 3:08 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ese Vass, NC	FLOODING AT LOBELIA RD. AND MCGILL RD. .
Sep 29, 4:00 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Whispering Pines, NC	LAKEVIEW DR. AT THAGARD LN. HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. .
Sep 29, 4:00 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ssw Timberlake, NC	10 TO 15 ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE ANDERSON CREEK AREA. .
Sep 29, 4:00 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Rockfish, NC	NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN ROCKFISH AND OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT HOKE COUNTY.
Sep 29, 5:30 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	7 Ese Vass, NC	RIVERVIEW ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODING FROM LITTLE RIVER COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS. WATER IN YARDS AND APPROACHING MULTIPLE STRUCTURES ON RIVERVIEW DRIVE AND CREEK BEND DRIVE. MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE ALL ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME ROADS WASHED OUT.
Sep 29, 5:30 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Ese Vass, NC	NC HIGHWAY 690 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM MCGILL CROSS STREET TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WGUS52 KRAH 282351
FFWRAH
NCC051-085-093-125-290245-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0038.160928T2351Z-160929T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
751 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 749 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS THAT
  WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
  HAVE REPORTED A ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE DEERFIELD
  NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR SPRING LAKE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...RAEFORD...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...DUNN...GODWIN...
  POPE AFB...HOPE MILLS...SPRING LAKE AND ERWIN.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD.

&&

LAT...LON 3528 7939 3531 7918 3538 7910 3546 7864
      3533 7853 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3520 7863 3520 7864 3517 7863 3514 7864
      3512 7865 3512 7864 3509 7867 3503 7865
      3495 7902 3495 7904 3494 7905 3491 7918

$$

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4 follow-up statements

804 
WGUS72 KRAH 290106
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
906 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

NCC125-290114-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160929T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOORE NC-
906 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3491 7918 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
      3519 7910 3521 7913 3538 7910 3546 7864
      3533 7853 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3520 7864 3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864
      3509 7867 3503 7865 3495 7904

$$

NCC051-085-093-290245-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160929T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
906 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
HARNETT...EASTERN HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 904 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLOODING OF
ROADS WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE SPRING
LAKE AREA... PARTICULARLY THE DEERFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...DUNN...GODWIN...POPE AFB...
HOPE MILLS...SPRING LAKE...ERWIN AND EASTOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 7918 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
      3519 7910 3521 7913 3538 7910 3546 7864
      3533 7853 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3520 7864 3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864
      3509 7867 3503 7865 3495 7904

$$

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686 
WGUS52 KRAH 290229
FFWRAH
NCC051-085-093-290645-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160929T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1029 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT

* AT 1026 PM EDT...TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. FLOODING WAS
  REPORTED AT THE CROSS CREEK MALL, MCCORMICK BRIDGE, BARTONS
  LANDING, AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND FAYETTEVILLE. FLOODING
  CONTINUES IN THE DEERFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR SPRING LAKE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...DUNN...GODWIN...
  POPE AFB...HOPE MILLS...SPRING LAKE...ERWIN AND EASTOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROADS AND LOW LYING
AREAS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. FLOOD WATERS WILL ALSO THREATEN SOME HOMES
AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD
PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 7918 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
      3519 7910 3521 7913 3538 7910 3546 7864
      3533 7853 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3520 7864 3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864
      3509 7867 3503 7865 3495 7904

$$

30

596 
WGUS72 KRAH 290502
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
102 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

NCC051-085-093-290645-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160929T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
102 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR
HARNETT...EASTERN HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 100 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN, AND FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...DUNN...GODWIN...POPE AFB...
HOPE MILLS...SPRING LAKE...ERWIN AND EASTOVER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 7918 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
      3519 7910 3521 7913 3538 7910 3546 7864
      3533 7853 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3520 7864 3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864
      3509 7867 3503 7865 3495 7904

$$

26

265 
WGUS52 KRAH 290633
FFWRAH
NCC051-085-093-290945-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160929T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
233 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 545 AM EDT
  
* AT 232 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
  THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
  OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...DUNN...GODWIN...
  POPE AFB...HOPE MILLS...SPRING LAKE...ERWIN AND EASTOVER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 7918 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
      3519 7910 3521 7913 3538 7910 3546 7864
      3533 7853 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3520 7864 3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864
      3509 7867 3503 7865 3495 7904

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 27, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	49 min
Sep 27, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	40 min
Sep 27, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore	84 min
Sep 27, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange, Person	54 min
Sep 27, 9:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Montgomery, Moore	3 hr
Sep 27, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	67 min
Sep 27, 10:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	3 hr
Sep 27, 11:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	45 min
Sep 28, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	28 min
Sep 28, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	54 min
Sep 28, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	48 min
Sep 28, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	59 min
Sep 28, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	52 min
Sep 28, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	41 min
Sep 28, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	39 min
Sep 28, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	2 hr
Sep 28, 3:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	3 hr
Sep 28, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	50 min
Sep 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	37 min
Sep 28, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash, Wilson	40 min
Sep 28, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	62 min
Sep 28, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Granville, Wake	37 min
Sep 28, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance, Warren	34 min
Sep 28, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	63 min
Sep 28, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore	3 hr
Sep 28, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	33 min
Sep 28, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Sep 28, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	42 min
Sep 28, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	38 min
Sep 28, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Vance	66 min
Sep 28, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	27 min
Sep 28, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	57 min
Sep 28, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	33 min
Sep 28, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	62 min
Sep 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Orange	44 min
Sep 28, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	62 min
Sep 28, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	57 min
Sep 28, 7:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland	3 hr
Sep 28, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	23 min
Sep 28, 7:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Orange	3 hr
Sep 28, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford	26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.